XOW Logo
  • Location
    • Home
    • Issue Detail, List Content Items
in for
   
by
Facebook Logo
Report a Bug Ask for Support Review Site Apply to be an Editor
Issue: Beware! Terror Tales #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1953
Previous Base Issue Previous Issue Variant Next Issue Variant Next Base Issue
 
Disclose Detail
Issues: #5 of 8 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes:  
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In9
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Issue Images shown with red borders indicate an image externally marked for replacement.
Assets0
 
spacer
Disclose Content Items (6 total)
Disclose Issue Images
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): The Mummy (Horror-Host)
First Line: Warning! I am The Mummy!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Horror #6 published August 2013
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
The Horrors of the 13th Stroke

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): The Mummy (Horror-Host); Hiram Castle; Detective Sam Jeffers
First Line: Hiram Castle loved to collect clocks!
Synopsis: Police inspector Hiram Castle comes into possession of a magic clock which transports people to another dimension on its thirteenth stroke. Behind a gateway of horrors fiendish ghouls are waiting for human victims.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHorror Tales v2 #4 published July 1970
as Vampires from Beyond [Story on Interior Page(s)]reworked
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose
The Lonely One!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): The Mummy (Horror-Host); Derek Lane; William Frye
First Line: Heh-heh! Yes, it is I...
Synopsis: Two polar explorers have to spend months alone in an igloo. One of them goes insane.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagZombie #2 published January 1961
as The Lonely One! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday Annual #1 published November 1975
as The Lonely One! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose
The Ghoul at Eldritch Manor!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? [as Jokerface]
Inker(s): ? [as Jokerface]
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): The Mummy (Horror-Host); Ellison Eldritch
First Line: Eldritch Manor was rich in tradition!
Synopsis: Ellison Eldritch inherits Eldritch manor and takes care of the family mausoleum. He is shocked to find that a ghoul keeps visiting the place.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagZombie #2 published January 1961
as The Ghoul at Eldritch Manor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales of Voodoo v3 #4 published July 1970
as The Hungry Ghoul [Story on Interior Page(s)]reworked
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Unknown artist from Fawcett's early 1950s. Drew the “Ibis the Invincible” feature in the last issues of WHIZ COMICS(#139 - #155).
Tillmann Courth spotted him in these books and will keep looking.
"Jokerface" keeps drawing minor characters with cartoony elongated faces.
Disclose
Gray Matter

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Branum Todd (death); District Attorney Richard Foster; Woody
First Line: Branum Todd's laboratory echoed his shrill, triumphant laughter.
Synopsis: The chemist Branum Todd develops a fluid which transports his will into other people. Something goes wrong when Todd experiments with it.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagZombie #2 published January 1961
as Gray Matter [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: small illustration
Disclose
Return of the Dead!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): The Mummy (Horror-Host); Cantina; Joe Britt; Jan
First Line: I have seen those who passed through the veil...
Synopsis: Gypsy woman Cantina is a powerful medium who can not only contact the deceased, but bring them back into life. When gangster boss Britt is revived, Cantina's lover Jan protests and springs into law-abiding action.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagZombie #2 published January 1961
as Return of the Dead! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird v6 #1 published February 1972
as Beyond Evil [Story on Interior Page(s)]reworked
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2025. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.